This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of West Virginia. The first such newspaper was The Pioneer Press of Martinsburg, started by J.R. Clifford in 1882. [1] West Virginia's last African American newspaper, the West Virginia Beacon Digest of Charleston, shut down in 2006. [2]
City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks
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Bluefield | Independent Observer | Weekly [3] |
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Charleston | The Advocate | 1901 [4] | 1913 [4] | Weekly [4] |
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Charleston | West Virginia Weekly / The W. Va. Weekly | 1933 [5] | 1935 [5] | Weekly [5] | ||
Charleston | West Virginia Beacon Digest | 1957 [6] | 2006 [2] | Weekly [6] | ||
Charleston | West Virginia Digest | 1939 [7] | 1946 [7] | Weekly [7] | ||
Charleston | West Virginia Enterprise | 1885 [8] | ? | Weekly [9] |
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Charleston | West Virginia Weekly | 1933 [2] | 1935 [2] | Weekly |
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Clarksburg | The Clarion | 1911 [10] | 1910s [10] | Weekly [10] | ||
Huntington | The Breeze | 1920s [11] | 1920s [11] |
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Huntington | Huntington Enterprise | 1913 [11] |
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Huntington | Huntington Times | 1918? [12] | ? | Weekly [12] |
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Huntington | West Virginia Spokesman | 1900 [13] |
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Keystone | The McDowell Times | 1904 [14] | 1941 [14] | Weekly [14] |
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Martinsburg | The Pioneer Press | 1882 [16] | 1918 [16] | Weekly [16] |
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Montgomery | The Mountain Eagle | 1890s [2] | 1900s [2] | Weekly [17] |
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Montgomery | The Pioneer | 1890s [2] | 1900s [2] | Weekly |
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The state's only African American newspaper that continued into this century is the Beacon Digest in Charleston, until it ceased publication in 2006.